BRITAIN AND JAPAN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 169, 20 July 1939, Page 7

BRITAIN AND JAPAN

THE TALKS AT TOKIO ATMOSPHERE COULD HARDLY BE WORSE TOKIO, July 18. The Japanese-British conversations could hardly be conducted in a worse atmosphere. Tokio is quiet, but an anti-British agitation rages elsewhere. The agitation in China could not have begun without the approval of the Japanese army and provides evidence of powerful influence to prevent a settlement acceptable to Great Britain. The Japanese at Kulangsu stopped the water supply as a reprisal for refusal of being allowed to control the settlement police. The decline of the Chinese dollar is causing Chinese to go to Canton, because of the high cost of living in Hongkong, where the first JapaneseEnglish language paper has appeared. The Japanese Consul-General in Canton visited Hongkong on an undisclosed mission. It denied that the Japanese officially encourage antiBritish agitation. COURT-MARTIAL OF LIEUT.COLONEL SPEAR JAPA N ESE STATE ME NT. Received July 20, 1 a.m. PEKING, July 19. The Japanese army spokesman, denying that Lieut-Col. Spear has been placed on trial, said it was recognised that he was a military attache and therefore he had a certain diplomatic standing. The crux of the matter was whether he had exceeded his duties and privileges. He hoped a British official would be invited to attend the court-martial. Lieut.-Colonel Spear has now been rietained for 54 days. U.S.A. AND JAPAN 1911 AMITY TREATY RENUNCIATION MOVE SENATE TO GO INTO RECESS Received July 19, 6.35 p.m, WASHINGTON. July 18. Senator A. Vandenberg has offered a resolution to the Senate requiring lhe United States to renounce the 1911 treaty of amity and commerce with Japan and the reconvening of the Brussels Conference of 1937. The Senate will now go into recess to determine whether Japan is violating the Nine-Power Treaty and whether America should pledge the i territorial integrity of China.